This is one of the reasons many people will not deal with LL. I know of a father and son who worked for their local LL, got paid for the games they did and went to a regional clinic for training "All Star Umpires". They were charged $45 a piece for the clinic, $35 for the post season uniform shirts and hats and $5 for and "entry fee". When it came time for post season assignments, they were told that because they were "paid" for seasonal work, they were ineligible to work the post season. The Eastern Regional office in Bristol, CT, refused to reimburse them for all the money they paid out for the post season stuff. These guys were pretty good umpires so I talked them into training for our High School board. They have been with us for almost ten years now and never did another LL game!
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